Required gear* All your glacier gear (harness, carabiners, pulley, cord, etc.)* Gear should be neatly attached to your harness* Mountaineering boots (you'll wear crampons for a bit)* Backpack (fill it with stuff so it's not completely empty)* Helmet* Crampons (hopefully you own them already)* Headlamp (attached to your helmet)* Ice axe* Warm clothes* Picket (if you happen to own one, not required for course)* Snacks/lunch/drink (there will be a 30 min lunch break)* See the gear matrix in your handbook for more info

ClothingAt the beginning of the day you'll be inside the warm building, so wear clothing appropriate for practicing skills inside. But have warm clothes easily accessible in your backpack since part of the day you'll be outside under the eave or down in the basement with the garage doors open. You'll be protected from rain all day, so there's no need to bring your waterproof layer.

Carry everything with youFor this field trip you won't be able to put anything on the floor, no exceptions! We're treating this like a real climb, so carry everything with you. Put your lunch in your backpack too. The only time you can leave your backpack unattended is when you go to the bathroom.

Ice axe safetyPlease put duct tape or some other type of protection on the adze of your ice axe. If you also have a way to protect the pick and spike that would be great too. Thank you.

Mark your gearTo make it easy to know which gear is yours, please mark your gear if you can. One way is with a small nail polish mark. Another way is with colored tape, and a good selection of 1/2 inch wide fun tape is at Fred Meyer next to the duct tape.Also don't mark your pre-sewnrunners/webbing since they don't have a tail you can mark. Some people say it's not a good idea to put chemicals on weight bearing fabric. One solution is to use one of your marked carabiners when using an unmarked sewn runner.

LogisticsThere will be 4 stations you'll rotate through, and those will end around 2pm. There will also be a 30 lunch break around noon.At 2pm there will be space for practicing 2:1 raises. This is an optional part of this field trip, but it'srecommended you stay and do it at least once. There will be lots of instructors so please take advantage of this and practice 2:1 raises. Stay as long as you'd like. We'll start cleaning up at 5pm.

When & whereMeet inside the Seattle Program Center in Goodman B. We'll be inside the building for the entire day. Be ready for a glacier climb at7:59am...this means being checked in and wearing your boots/backpack/harness/helmet/headlamp. You'll wear all of this for the entire field trip.